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The presidency, h. W. Brands looked at gerald ford in the context of the 19700s when he served as House Minority leader, Vice President and then president. Exploring the american story, watch with American History tv the saturdays on cspan2. And find a full schedule on your Program Guide or watch online anytime a cspan. Org history. Us tonight is mike buehler. He will introduce our speakers momentarily. Mike is president and ceo of Fort Mason Center for arts and and culture and a longtime Historic Preservationist. Prior to joining fort mason, he led stress historic nonprofit ss heritage. The he has worked at the los angeles conservancy and regional attorney for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. We asked mike to moderate tonights program because of his preservation work in both los angeles, the subject of tonights talk, and here in San Francisco. Thank you for being with us, mike. Welcome, and im goingin to hand the mic over to you. Thank you so much, francis. Its such a ple
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